Fish Master Premier Business Plan — Appendix B: Capital and Production Schedules

Detailed capital expenditure and production schedules covering tanks, greenhouse, hatchery, filtration and stocking cycles.

Appendix B: Capital and Production Schedules

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  • B.1 Qualifying capital expenditure and depreciation
  • B.2 Project cost and funding
  • B.3 Capital phasing and asset roll-forward
  • B.4 Production and unit economics

B.1 Qualifying capital expenditure and depreciation

Item

Amount (R)

Life

Annual depreciation (R)

Grow-out tanks, tunnels and life support

6 800 000

12 years

566 667

Hatchery: broodstock, incubation, nursery, biosecurity

4 200 000

12 years

350 000

Solar, battery and backup generation

2 400 000

15 years

160 000

Water: borehole, storage, filtration, wetland

2 100 000

15 years

140 000

Processing, live-holding and cold chain

1 300 000

10 years

130 000

Site works, buildings, fencing and services

600 000

20 years

30 000

Qualifying capital expenditure

17 400 000

1 376 667

B.2 Project cost and funding

Item

Amount (R)

Note

Qualifying capital expenditure

17 400 000

The base against which the cost-sharing grant is claimed

Land preparation, permits and pre-operating costs

1 400 000

R600 000 capitalised, R800 000 charged against reserves at inception

Working capital and pre-revenue operating deficit

6 800 000

Sized against R9 774 000 of cumulative operating cash consumption in Years 1 to 3

Total project cost

25 600 000

Promoter and investor equity

18 600 000

73% of project cost

Term debt

7 000 000

Eight years at 13.5% with a three-year principal grace

Committed sources

25 600 000

The enterprise can be built and operated on these alone

Cost-sharing grant, anticipated

4 000 000

Reimbursable, claimed in arrears; restores the cash buffer rather than enabling the build

B.3 Capital phasing and asset roll-forward

R

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Opening balance

11 536 800

15 032 133

13 655 466

12 278 799

Capital expenditure

12 528 000

4 872 000

Depreciation charge

(991 200)

(1 376 667)

(1 376 667)

(1 376 667)

(1 376 667)

Closing balance

11 536 800

15 032 133

13 655 466

12 278 799

10 902 132

Capitalised pre-operating costs

540 000

480 000

420 000

360 000

300 000

B.4 Production and unit economics

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Harvest, tonnes

25

70

110

138

150

Feed conversion ratio

1.85

1.70

1.60

1.55

1.52

Feed cost per kilogram of fish, R

47.18

43.35

40.80

39.52

38.76

Energy cost per kilogram, R

17.00

13.50

11.50

10.50

10.00

Full production cost per kilogram, R

197.8

119.8

101.0

93.8

91.6

Realised price per kilogram, R

94.0

96.2

96.8

98.0

98.1

Margin per kilogram, R

-103.8

-23.6

-4.2

4.2

6.5

Fingerlings sold

600 000

1 400 000

2 100 000

2 600 000

Fingerling contribution at R1.65 each, R

990 000

2 310 000

3 465 000

4 290 000